Levante 3-3 Sevilla result, stats and report

Six goals. Ten yellow cards between the two sides. A red card in stoppage time. A manager getting booked on the touchline. If you wanted a match that had everything, this was it. Levante versus Sevilla on Monday night was the kind of game that tells you everything and nothing about either side. Both sets of players will feel hard done by. Neither set of players deserves any sympathy. End of.

The Match in Brief

Robbie Ure gave Levante the lead in the 13th minute with a right-foot finish. Sevilla fought back and were level by the time the second half began to take shape. Félix Correia put Levante 2-1 up in the 54th minute, only for Iván Romero to drag Sevilla level again at 2-2 just three minutes later. It was frantic, it was open, and neither side looked remotely like keeping a clean sheet. The thing is, that is entirely consistent with what both teams have produced across their last five La Liga matches. Levante had conceded nine goals in those five matches before tonight. Sevilla had shipped seven. You could see it coming.

Adrián Dela scored in the second minute of stoppage time to put Sevilla 3-2 up and it looked like they had stolen all three points. Then Isaac Romero equalised in the fifth minute of added time to make it 3-3. Then Romero received a second yellow card in the sixth minute of added time for unsportsmanlike conduct. Then Ifeanyi Ndukwe scored for Sevilla in the tenth minute of stoppage time to give Sevilla a 4-3 lead. Except that goal was not the final result. The final score was 3-3. Which means the Ndukwe goal was ruled out, presumably by VAR, though the data confirms a VAR review was applied earlier in proceedings to the Correia goal at 54 minutes. Whatever happened in those final chaotic minutes, the referee and the officials had their hands full and neither side came out of it looking composed or professional.

Discipline: Levante Were Their Own Worst Enemy

Let us talk about the discipline. Because it is unacceptable. Levante finished with six yellow cards, one yellow-red, and one red card. Seventeen fouls committed. That is not competitive. That is reckless. When you have Isaac Romero come on as a substitute and get booked twice in a matter of minutes, collecting a second yellow for unsportsmanlike conduct in the final seconds of the game, you have a player who has let his team down completely. You also have to question what was going on in that dressing room and on that touchline. Luis Garcia, presumably a coach or bench official, was booked in the 66th minute for an argument. That tells you the temperature was completely wrong. Accountability starts with keeping your head. Levante could not do it.

Sevilla were no angels. Adrián Dela was booked in the 39th minute. Daniel Requena Sánchez was booked for an argument in the 76th minute, having come on as a substitute just minutes earlier. But compared to Levante's collective meltdown, Sevilla at least kept it together where it mattered.

The Basics: What the Stats Tell You

Sevilla had 57 per cent possession and completed 503 passes. They put 20 shots on the board, eight of which were on target. Their crossing was sharp: 6 accurate crosses from 17 attempts. They created three big chances and missed two of them. Their attitude in terms of pressing the game was right.

Levante had fewer passes, less possession, but they actually created more big chances: five created, three missed. They had 16 key passes compared to Sevilla's ten. They won more duels, 63 to 59. They made more tackles, 23 to 18. On desire and work rate, Levante were not short. The thing is, desire without discipline gets you a 3-3 draw where you finish with ten men and hand the opposition a point they were nearly denied.

The Levante goalkeeper was busy. Five saves. Sevilla's goalkeeper made two. That tells you where the pressure was coming from for large parts of the evening, even if Levante's shot numbers were competitive.

Félix Correia: Involved in Everything

Félix Correia had an evening that summed up the chaos perfectly. He was booked in the 48th minute. He scored in the 54th minute. He was then substituted off in the 72nd minute, presumably because his booking meant he was one challenge away from another red card crisis. His goal was also subject to a VAR review in the 55th minute, though it stood. Correia clearly has the attitude and the desire to compete. Whether he has the discipline to go with it is a different conversation.

Robbie Ure set up the Correia goal and scored the opener himself in the 13th minute. He was then substituted at 68 minutes, with Isaac Romero coming on to replace him. We know how that ended.

Head-to-Head Context

The head-to-head record between these sides, across the two meetings supplied in the data, shows Levante winning both. Levante had scored five goals and conceded none across those two matches. Both were Levante clean sheets. Tonight changed the tone of that record considerably. Sevilla showed they can score at this ground. Levante showed they can ship goals at an alarming rate when the game opens up.

What Does This Mean for Both Sides?

Listen, a draw flattered Levante. They were 3-2 down deep into stoppage time and needed a goal from a substitute to rescue a point. Their last five La Liga matches read: loss, loss, draw, win, draw. One win in five. That is not good enough. The basics of defending, concentrating for ninety minutes, and keeping eleven men on the pitch are non-negotiable. Levante failed on all three counts tonight at various moments.

Sevilla are not much better. Two wins, two losses, and a draw in their last five La Liga matches. They had the tools to win this game, led 3-2 in stoppage time, and still could not hold on for three points. When you go to a ground where you had conceded five with no reply across two previous visits, and you dominate possession, and you still come away with only a point, that is a result you examine closely. Sevilla had four players injured coming into this game, including two suspended, which explains some of the disorganisation in those final minutes. But standards are standards.

This was a spectacle. It was also a mess. The two things are not mutually exclusive. Levante need to learn how to protect a lead and how to behave under pressure. Sevilla need to learn how to close a game out. Neither side has earned the right to feel satisfied. A point each. Both should be annoyed. End of.